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[Galzria]

Is being adapted by the BBC.

/geek

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell/23665/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-coming-to-the-BBC

Especially with Toby Haynes at the directing helm, this begins to look very wonderful indeed.

[Ozle]

Im looking for a new book, worth getting?

[Galzria]

Im looking for a new book, worth getting?

It's a long read, and a little tough to get into early on, but it was phenomenal by it's conclusion.

It's a period piece, offering a different view of historical events thoughout England, that centers around the friendly rivalry and relationships of two Magicians; yet magic itself is almost an after-thought to the telling of the story of the characters.

It's probably in my top 5 reads, and seeded high amongst those. It's fantasy, but it doesn't flaunt it in your face, instead offering a realism that really draws you in.

[Galzria]

To borrow from Wikipedia:

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the 2004 first novel by British writer Susanna Clarke. An alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars, it is based on the premise that magic once existed in England and has returned with two men: Gilbert Norrell and Jonathan Strange. Centring on the relationship between these two men, the novel investigates the nature of "Englishness" and the boundaries between reason and unreason, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Dane, and Northern and Southern English cultural tropes/stereotypes. It has been described as a fantasy novel, an alternative history, and a historical novel. It overtly inverts the Industrial Revolution conception of the North/South divide in England: in this book the North is romantic and magical, rather than rational and concrete. It can be usefully compared and contrasted with Elizabeth Gaskell's attempts at synthesising a unitary English identity in her fiction.

The narrative draws on various Romantic literary traditions, such as the comedy of manners, the Gothic tale, and the Byronic hero. The novel's language is a pastiche of 19th-century writing styles, such as those of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. Clarke describes the supernatural with mundane details. She supplements the text with almost 200 footnotes, outlining the backstory and an entire fictional corpus of magical scholarship.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell

[Ozle]

Added to my Christmas list then

Ta

[Ozle]

Just finished reading this right now

Took me ages as read it during lunch breaks

Its very deep language wise, but very good

The ending left me feeling very very sad though! Even though technically everything is alright for everybody. I think its because I really felt sorry for Arabella

[yuma]

Is being adapted by the BBC.

/geek

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell/23665/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-coming-to-the-BBC

Especially with Toby Haynes at the directing helm, this begins to look very wonderful indeed.

finished this book recently, which I read completely based off this post. I really enjoyed it--as did my mother! Thanks for posting this Galz. I also look forward to the BBC adaption.